Public comments are encouraged on a draft position statement that aims to clarify what constitutes commercial food waste in the Environment Protection (Industrial Waste Resource) Regulations 2009.
The position statement, available online, provides two points of clarification:
- commercial food waste must be a solid waste to be a schedule 1 industrial waste; and
- it is waste produced during the food processing, food retail and post consumption stages.
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) welcomes comments on the draft position statement until 5pm Friday 29 May 2015. Submissions can be made to guidelines@epa.vic.gov.au.